Police are investigating after a Horsham teenager reported being raped following a night out with friends in Crawley.

The 18-year-old girl found herself in a field in unknown surroundings during the early hours of Saturday morning (December 2) and ran to nearby properties in a distressed state, banging on doors and screaming but getting no response, Sussex Police said.

She was eventually given a lift by a passing motorist who stopped at a filling station before driving her home.

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The woman had gone out at around 10pm on Friday, 1st December and met up with friends at the Old Punch Bowl pub in High Street, Crawley, before moving on to the Moka nightclub in Station Way, Crawley.

The victim lost her passport and bag, which was later returned to an old address that was written in her passport.

Crawley High Street

Detective Sergeant Mike Butler, from Sussex Police's safeguarding team, said: "This is an isolated incident and we are still trying to piece together the movements of the woman once she left the nightclub and to establish the exact location where she woke up in a field.

"Anyone who recalls hearing screaming and banging on doors at around 5am on Saturday, or who may have other information, is asked to get in touch. In particular, we'd like to hear from the car driver who offered the victim a lift and from anyone who found the victim’s bag and passport, or finds a pair of discarded knee-length boots in the Crawley area."